Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Three five-year periods are taken—five years pre-war, five years to 1925, five years to 1930, and 1931.
Years. | Total Births. | Infant Mortality Kate. | Total Infant Deaths. | Age at Death. | Maternal Deaths. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths under 1 week. | Deaths 1 week to 4 weeks. | Deaths 4 weeks to 1 year. | Sepsis | Other | ||||
1910—1914 | 3186 | 68 | 220 | 61 | 41 | 118 | 3 | 6 |
1921 | 624 | 60 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
1922 | 576 | 74 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
1323 | 578 | 60 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .. |
1924 | 535 | 58 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
1925 | 520 | 58 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
1921—1925 | 2832 | 62 | 177 | 64 | 26 | 87 | 6 | 7 |
1926 | 536 | 33 | 18 | 11 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. |
1927 | 574 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | |
1928 | 652 | 49 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
1929 | 623 | 46 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
1930 | 629 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
1926-1930 | 3014 | 44 | 134 | 51 | 14 | 69 | 4 | 6 |
1931 | 617 | 47 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
In these figures the following facts are shown:—
1. Reductions in Infantile Mortality Rates. The fall occurs chiefly in the period over four weeks of age.
2. Increase in the deaths of infants under one week of age. Rate 1910-1914, 28 per cent.
Rate 1926-1930, 38 per cent.
3. Increase in Maternal Deaths. Rate 1910-1914, 2.7 per 1,000 births.
Rate 1926-1930, 3.3 per 1,000 births.